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Translated By Arcane Translations
Translator: FusionX
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Saturday morning.
It was the first weekend morning since my return.
I woke up later than usual, probably because I had drunk a bit last night.
10:46 AM.
Since my appointment with Si-hwa was at 6 PM, I had quite some time left.
The first thing that came to mind was catching up on my neglected training.
I had skipped a day to meet Ha-rin outside, and yesterday, I used the excuse of a welcome party for new members.
If I continued like this, I wouldn’t be able to regain my previous life’s form.
I went straight to the gym early in the morning and worked out like crazy.
This feeling of my arms and legs trembling.
Drenched in sweat, I finished by flowing mana through my body.
I felt my control gradually improving.
Consistency was important, but…
Judging from the variables so far, I thought it might be difficult to do it at the same time every day.
After taking a shower at home, I opened my closet, just like when I met Ha-rin.
As expected, there were no clothes I liked.
Hmm… If it’s like this, I won’t be able to avoid displeased looks…
Among my ex-wives, the one most sensitive to clothing style was Si-hwa.
While Ha-rin seemed to like whatever I wore, Ye-na preferred wearing comfortable outfits herself.
But Si-hwa was a woman who knew style.
She knew exactly what made her stand out.
A height slightly taller than average. Slender legs. A toned body built through exercise. A small face.
Wherever she walked was her runway.
In fact, before making a name for herself as a hunter, she said she received casting calls from famous agencies several times.
Around the time I started officially dating Si-hwa, our main date course was hopping from one department store to another.
[Si-hwa. I’m really fine.]
[I’m not fine.]
[No. No matter what, that’s too much.]
My hands were already full of shopping bags.
She had picked out clothes that cost at least several hundred thousand won per outfit, and some even cost millions.
I seriously felt the need to go to the car to organize the luggage and come back.
[Um… How about we stop shopping here for today… Haha…]
Si-hwa, who had stopped walking, turned her body towards me.
[You think I’m dragging you around because I like it?]
Then, can’t we just stop here for today?
[Sigh…]
She sighed deeply and fixed my tie.
[If you dressed a bit more stylishly, I wouldn’t have come to a place like this either.]
She pulled my tie, making it slightly hard to breathe, and met my eyes.
[I don’t want my man to be ridiculed anywhere.]
A somewhat rough and cold tone.
But I knew she said those words because she cared for me more than anyone.
I wish she would just tell me nicely that she wants me to dress cool.
She wasn’t an honest person.
[Follow me. We haven’t picked out underwear yet.]
[There’s no one to show that to anyway?]
Si-hwa, who was listening to me, chuckled.
[You don’t care that I’ll see it?]
Of course I care. I have to.
In the end, I had no choice but to wear the same clothes I wore when I met Ha-rin.
My house was in Changcheon-dong, so it took about 15 minutes to walk to Hongdae.
We had agreed to meet in front of subway exit 3, so I naturally assumed she would come out of the subway and was looking down from above the exit.
I wondered why she wasn’t coming when it was almost the appointed time, but then a loud car horn rang next to me.
A white sports car was parked next to me.
Soon, the window rolled down, and Si-hwa wearing sunglasses revealed herself.
“…Get in quickly. There’s a car behind.”
“Oh… Okay!”
I hurriedly got in the passenger seat and looked at Si-hwa.
She was wearing a black French jacket that seemed a bit short in length, with a white knit inside.
Under her miniskirt with a dizzying length, her slender calves were visible.
“Choi In-wook.”
She snapped me out of my daze as I was lost in her beauty.
“Yeah.”
“Is there somewhere you want to go?”
What? She called me out but hadn’t even decided where to go.
“What about you?”
“I…”
Si-hwa trailed off and scanned me up and down.
Her sharp scan felt through the sunglasses.
She seemed to focus on driving again and spoke while looking ahead.
“…I was thinking of going shopping, what do you think?”
“Is there something you want to buy?”
It was important to me whether this shopping was really for her or if she was taking me to play dress-up.
If it was the former, there was no problem, but I wanted to decline the latter.
“Yeah. Summer clothes, even though it’s still spring. It’s cheaper that way too.”
If that’s the case, well.
It seemed my delusion of carrying shopping bags and roaming around department stores again was just that, a delusion.
“I’m thinking of stopping by a department store. Is that okay?”
“Oh, yeah. Since you brought the car, let’s go wherever parking is convenient.”
Although not as much as Ha-rin’s family, Si-hwa was also a young lady from a respectable family.
Both of Si-hwa’s parents were renowned doctors.
Despite her young age, she was probably able to drive a high-end car for that reason.
By the way, I only got my driver’s license after graduating from the academy, and I could only buy my first car after marrying Ha-rin.
We arrived at the parking lot and got out of the car to go inside.
The place we arrived at was the department store we often shopped at in my previous life.
Of course, it was my first time in this life.
I followed Si-hwa, who headed straight to the luxury brands section without hesitation.
“Do you usually shop at such expensive places?”
I knew the answer, but I asked out of courtesy because I thought it would be strange if I agreed too naturally.
“Yeah. Mainly here, and other places only when I feel like it.”
“I… I see.”
As expected, nothing fazed her.
She went into a famous brand shop and carefully examined the clothes one by one.
I noticed the employees looking visibly tense as soon as we entered.
They seemed to recognize Si-hwa.
“Ma’am. This is the item our brand is promoting this summer season.”
“No need for explanations.”
Si-hwa cut off the employee’s words decisively and continued shopping.
After going around the store, Si-hwa seemed to have found clothes she liked, picked out a few, and went into the fitting room.
Ah. This was the time I hated the most from my previous life to now.
The situation where the woman who came together goes in to try on clothes, and I’m left alone with the female employees in the women’s clothing store.
Having nowhere to look, I took out my cell phone.
Not long after, Si-hwa changed clothes and called for me.
“How is it?”
She came out wearing a crop strap camisole that slightly revealed her cleavage.
On top, she wore an oversized shirt in a sky blue color similar to her hair.
“It suits you well.”
There was no point in saying anything else.
It wasn’t for me, who didn’t know much about fashion, to nitpick.
“Really?”
She smiled with a pleased expression and told the clerk.
“I’ll just wear this out. Please check me out.”
“It’s still a bit chilly, so you might be cold…”
“It doesn’t matter since you said it’s pretty.”
She lightly ignored my concern and walked towards the next store.
The store we entered this time was a brand I often wore in my previous life too.
Indeed, there were quite a few men’s clothes to my taste.
While Si-hwa went into the fitting room, I had nothing to do, so I picked out a piece of clothing I liked and held it against my body.
Ooh. It suits me quite well?
Although I didn’t have the ability to purchase it yet, I thought I should buy it after I started earning money from hunter activities.
But was my outfit really that cheap?
A female employee approached me.
“Excuse me… Customer… That item is our new arrival this time. Over here, we have a lineup of more affordable prices.”
In other words, you can’t afford it anyway, so don’t touch it. Something like that.
But it was true that I couldn’t afford it, so there was no need to get upset at all.
I could understand the employee’s position too.
“Ah. I see.”
As I was about to put the clothes back in their original place, Si-hwa walked towards us with a frown on her face.
“…How much is that?”
She asked the employee, pointing to the clothes I was looking at.
“Around 5 million won…”
Si-hwa handed her card to the employee with a look that said it was nothing.
“Give me that.”
“Si-hwa. If you’re doing this for me, you don’t have to. It’s too expensive.”
“…It’s my feelings.”
She turned her head towards the employee and spoke in an irritated tone.
“I said check it out?”
The employee, who was at a loss between us, took Si-hwa’s card and moved to the checkout counter at her words.
“No. How much is this?”
“Choi In-wook.”
Si-hwa spoke in a low voice.
“There’s something I’ve been holding back since I met you today.”
What could it be that she, who had no patience, had been keeping in her mouth for so long?
“You. You’re terrible at dressing.”
…It’s because I don’t have money to buy clothes yet.
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“Since I bought you expensive clothes, how about wearing them for today?”
Si-hwa suggested to me.
“…Should I?”
I thought it was the wish of the person who bought it for me.
I went into the fitting room, changed clothes, and came out, and Si-hwa looked me up and down.
“I think rolling up the sleeves would look better for this outfit.”
Si-hwa naturally approached and fixed my clothes.
That sight was so similar to my previous life that I just stared at her blankly.
“…Now you look presentable.”
Si-hwa smiled after looking at me from a distance.
In the end, I had no choice but to keep my mouth shut and watch Si-hwa’s shopping until the end after receiving an unreasonably expensive gift.
Honestly, I didn’t think my advice or reaction would be of much help, but since she looked satisfied every time I complimented her, I tried my best with sincerity.
“That’s it for shopping. Thanks for accompanying me, Choi In-wook.”
“No… But Si-hwa, I’m really okay, so even now, if we refund these clothes…”
She glanced at me and said.
“If receiving it is that burdensome, you buy me a meal.”
…Before meeting me, Si-hwa’s taste was the highest of the high.
She casually had meals that cost hundreds of thousands of won per serving.
Considering my financial situation… Honestly, depending on the menu, I might have to say I couldn’t afford it.
But my pride as a man wouldn’t allow me to say I didn’t even have money to buy a meal here.
“Wha… What do you want to eat…?”
Let’s at least ask about the menu before giving up.
“…Tteokbokki.”
“…What?”
For a moment, I thought I had misheard.
“I said buy me tteokbokki, Choi In-wook.”
…This place really is a different world.
I never thought the words “let’s eat tteokbokki” would come out of Yoo Si-hwa’s mouth first.
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